Hudson P. Santos Jr., PhD, RN, FABMR, FAAN, is the dean of the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies. He is also a tenured professor and the inaugural Dolores J. Chambreau, RN Endowed Chair in Nursing. As one of the three most NIH-funded nurse scientists in the United States, Dr. Santos has secured over $50 million in research funding. Among his current funded projects, he is the Principal Investigator for Miami cohort of the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Dr. Santos’ program of research has informed clinical practice by uncovering how psychosocial and biological dimensions of early-life adversity interact with the genome to shape perinatal and child health outcomes. These findings have led to early intervention strategies that are integrated into care for high-risk populations. His integration of multi-omics methods into nursing science has set new standards for addressing complex health issues and represents a significant methodological advancement in the field. Dean Santos is the immediate past-president of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), chair-elect of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science National Advisory Council, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He serves on the University of Miami (UHealth) Board of Directors and UHealth Nominating and Governance Committee. Previously, he was the school’s vice dean for research affairs and the Graduate School’s interim associate dean. Before joining the University of Miami in 2022, he was a tenured distinguished scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) School of Nursing. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University and was a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia at Vancouver and UNC-CH. Santos holds a PhD in Nursing Science from the University of São Paulo and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of Paraiba in his native Brazil.